800.55 - Open Fracture Of Vault Of Skull Without Mention Of Intracranial Injury, With Prolonged [more Than 24 Hours] Loss Of Consciousness, Without Return To Pre-existing Conscious Level
The ICD 9 Code for
Open fracture of vault of skull without mention of intracranial injury, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss of consciousness, without return to pre-existing conscious level is listed as
800.55. Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field |
Value |
| Diagnosis Code: |
800.55 |
| Long Description: |
Open fracture of vault of skull without mention of intracranial injury, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss of consciousness, without return to pre-existing conscious level |
| Short Description: |
Opn skl vlt fx-deep coma |
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| Chapter: |
Injury And Poisoning |
| Block: |
Fracture Of Skull (800-804) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): |
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| ICD-10-CM Code: |
S02.0XXB - Fracture of vault of skull, initial encounter for open fracture (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 800.55: |
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| 800.50 - Open fracture of vault of skull without mention of intracranial injury, unspecified state of consciousness |
| 800.51 - Open fracture of vault of skull without mention of intracranial injury, with no loss of consciousness |
| 800.52 - Open fracture of vault of skull without mention of intracranial injury, with brief [less than one hour] loss of consciousness |
| 800.53 - Open fracture of vault of skull without mention of intracranial injury, with moderate [1-24 hours] loss of consciousness |
| 800.54 - Open fracture of vault of skull without mention of intracranial injury, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss of consciousness and return to pre-existing conscious level |
| 800.56 - Open fracture of vault of skull without mention of intracranial injury, with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration |
| 800.59 - Open fracture of vault of skull without mention of intracranial injury, with concussion, unspecified |
